Reply 1988 Review (2015–2016): Is It Worth Watching?

Is Reply 1988 worth watching?

Yes — Reply 1988 is worth watching, holding a 94% Critic Score and 97% Audience Score on Celluloid. Its 92% Celluloid Score averages five independent sources: critic percentage, audience percentage, Metascore (86), IMDb (9.0/10) and aggregated fan rating (93%).

Created by Lee Woo-jung, Reply 1988 ran 1 season, 20 episodes on Netflix in Korean, from South Korea. Reply 1988 has ended, so you can watch the complete story without waiting on a renewal.

What is Reply 1988 about?

Five families share one narrow alley in Ssangmun-dong, where front doors stay open, side dishes travel between kitchens, and five teenagers grow up half-living in each other’s houses. Across a year of Olympic-era Seoul, Sung Deok-sun and the boys next door fumble through exams, first crushes and the slow realisation that their parents are people too — while a present-day frame keeps teasing which of them she eventually married.

Critics consensus: Less a drama than a place you get to live in for twenty episodes — Reply 1988 turns nostalgia into something generous and specific, and writes its parents with as much care as its kids. The cast is led by Lee Hye-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Bo-gum, Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Dong-hwi, among others.

How many seasons of Reply 1988 are there, and where do I start?

Reply 1988 has 1 season, 20 episodes, and there is no reason to start anywhere but the first episode. At 1 season, 20 episodes, it is a single-season commitment you can finish in a week. The series page breaks the 92% Celluloid Score into its five sources so you can see exactly where critics and audiences disagree before committing.

Where can I watch Reply 1988?

Reply 1988 is carried by Netflix, though rights are licensed by territory and change often. Check the Netflix hub for everything else on the same service, and the series page for the regions where Celluloid has confirmed availability.

What should I watch after Reply 1988?

If it lands, try My Mister (93%), When Life Gives You Tangerines (93%), Crash Landing on You (91%) next — same shelf, comparable scores. You can also browse all drama series, everything from South Korea, or the year it premiered.